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^ HE PURPOSE of this booklet is to preserve the History of tliis Emblem, and the name 
of the comrades and friends who have assisted in its formation. To better consumatc 
this object, it is made with perforations, that the names of the comrades who have not 
had the present opportunity of assisting in its preparation, ma}' at a later date, be placed 
on other pag-es and added thereto, and also the presentation speech and response. These 
pages to be authentic should be countersigned by the adjutant in order to verify this record 
in years to come. The edition is limited to three hundred, and numbered from one up. 

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(2 OMRADES AND FRIENDS, we have assembled to-day in our Nineteenth Annual 
Re-union here, at the earnest and cordial request of the citizens of Camp Point, the 
home of Company E. Here fortj'-four years ago this company was organized and on the 
20th of August, under command of Captain Wm. Hanna, joined the Fiftieth Illinois to 
take a part in the Great Civil War. Four years later, July 21, the survivers returned, 
and now forty years have passed and the survivers of the Regiment assemble as a Re-union 
Association, with Captain, now General Wm. Hanna, as its colonel. We find residing 
here to give us welcome Comrades Beuj. Acklam, Wm. H. Castle and John Easum, 
of the first of Company E, and James J. Earl, who enlisted later. Part of the exercises 
of this re-union is to present to our gallant leader. General Hanna, a tribute of love from 
all the Comrades of the Fiftieth, which your committees has prepared. 



Q OMRADES: In presenting- to Col. Hanna this badire, ordered by you at the re-union 
of 1903, it seems fitting- that some particular reason should accompany it, showing why it 
was so ordered and also describing- its features. 

Having been closely associated with him during- the latter part of our service in the 
Fiftieth and the Adjutant of the Association since its organization, September 29, 1886, 
and receiving hundreds of letters from the Comrades from all parts of the country bearing 
to him and to you, Comrades, the kindly greeting of love and esteem that you have had 
the pleasure of reading in the annual reports of our re-unions, and knowing that many of 
our Comrades are unable through the infirmities of age and other disabilities to acquaint 
us of the fact, that they, too, although unable to meet with us, entertain and hold tliis 
same loyal strong love and devotion to our Colonel and to each other, and probably gives 
me a better opportunity to impart this information. The detail of the subject would be 
too exhaustive, but a few incidents will be in place. 



The times and occasions which bring out the natural traits of us all, are times of 
difficulty and danger. Those days — from 1861 to 1865 — were days which tried men's 
courage. They were day's which brought to the surface the qualities of which our offi- 
cers and men were composed — days in which were created that comradeship that will 
never be dissolved. 

The question may here be asked, "Why is Col. Hanna selected in preference to 
others to receive this splendid token of our comrades' love?" 

The reason is that early in the service Colonel Bane was detached from the regi- 
ment as brigade commander. Lieutenant Colonel Swarthout was disabled and resigned. 
Liieutenant Colonel Gaines, also on account of disability, was obliged to return home. 
Lieutenant Colonel Hanna, like the other company officers, from the first, as Captain of 
Company E, took pride in having his company one of the best. As Major, in building up 
the reputation of the regiment for el'ficicuc}' in discipline and appearance — as Lieutenant 
Colonel, in maintaining the reputation already established and ever watchful for oj)por- 
tuuities for making it better. 



The earuest, watchful, tender solicitude as Captain for the welfare and comfort of 
his men, did not fail after p'omotion to a hig-her g-rade, and the willingness to share 
in all the hardships and dangers of his comrades necessarily endeared him to the men. 

It is proper to relate here a few items of interest as to this. While on the marches 
if the boys were without shelter in bad weather or otherwise, he was always solicitous, 
saying, "I must share the same as they." 

We can remember him while on the march, walking at the head of the Regiment, 
while in front, riding the Colonel's horse, was some tired, foot-sore soldier. 

In time of action, wherever possible, he was in the lead, and to-day, it is with 
pride the comrades relate as thej' tell the story of the fight at Allatoona Pass — "I went 
over the works by the side of the Colonel." "Where he led we followed." "I went up 
the hill by his side." 

We will never forget the march through the Carolinas, crossing Lynch Creek, 
placing- a sinall soldier on his horse, and conspicuous in his red underclothing, he led 



the way down into that cold, icy stream, up to our necks in water. The stream was at 
that time swollen and out of its banks, being three-fourths of a mile wide. It was also 
covered with a coating of ice, about an eighth of an inch thick through which we waded. 
The deepest part only of the stream was crossed on a bridge. 

Then at the Grand Review in Washington, how proud we were of our formation 
and marchings, and finally at the prize drill at Louisville, Kentucky, July 3, 1865, re- 
ceiving as a reward of merit from the officers and men, a handsome sword and belt, and 
the emblem of the Fifteenth Army Corps, a Handsome Cartridge Box, while to the Regi- 
ment was awarded by an order from Division Headquarters that hard earned trophy, 
"the Prize Banner, Excelsior," given to the best drilled Regiment in the Division, and 
we can add the Western Army. 

Later, as you are aware, the Colonel was complimented, and by the compliment 
the Regiment was honored, by the issuing of a commission from President Andrew 
Johnson, as Brevet Brigadier General of Volunteers, to date from March 13, 1865, for 
gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Allatoona, Georgia. 



Comrades, these honors came to us and they are justly ours; came to us by the 
patient, persistent effort and good judgment of our commander, building upon the foun- 
dation laid out by his predecessors he kept faithfully, ever trying to improve to the end. 

Comrades, these honors came to him as the result of prompt attention, implicit 
obedience and willingness on your part to do your duty; they are ours to enjoy with him 
to the end of time. In this connection we should not forget our absent comrades and 
those brave boys who have gone before us. 

We knew them, and we know that in everything that would reflect glory and honor 
on the "Blind Half Hundred," they would be with us, and while some have passed away 
and many others are unable to meet with us, be it distinctly understood that this emblem, 
its features being the united insignias of the two most splendid Army Corps and of the 
Fiftieth Regiment Illinois Veteran Volunteer Infantry Re-union Association, bound to- 
gether by a golden cord of love in 1894 and proving the same love still existing in 1905, 
is hereby given to our gallant leader, as a tribute f}Gni us all, showing that the love and 
esteem begun in the days of trial and hardship have not grown dim, but like this emblem 



is of pure gold. That the brilliancy of our record, like the diamond at the top, shall 
always remain bright and shining as the morning star. 

And now, comrades, remember that this emblem, unique in its form, is the only 
one of its kind in the world, no other organization ha's any use for it. It is a his- 
torical memento of your service and of the Fiftieth Regiment Illinois Veteran Volunteer 
Infantry. In the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Army Corps in defense of Old Glory, and a 
tribute from its members including those who have passed away to our beloved leader as 
the one to preserve it for the future. 

To our comrades and friends who have assisted in preserving it in this form, for 
posterity, we will say that in years to come, as your children meet with it or its record, 
in the path of life, they will feel grateful to you for this kindly act. 

Colonel, may your future be ever brightened by the recollection of the good will 
and love of your comrades, remaining so firm and true, after these many years, as they 
know yours has been to them. 

C. F. Hubert, Adjutant. 









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^Jhe Emblem. 

^ COMPOSITE BADGE, formed from the badge of the Second Division of the Sixteenth 
Army Corps, commanded by Major General G. M. Dodge, and of the Fourth Division of 
the Fifteenth Army Corps, commanded by Major General John A. Logan, in the War of 
the Rebellion, 1861 to 1865. The two designs united by the golden cord, and the scroll 
bar on which is inscribed "Fiftieth Ills. Infantry" forms the badge adopted by the 
Fiftieth Regiment Illinois Veteran Volunteer Infantry Reunion Association, October 
18, 1894, surmounted by the rank straps of its recipient. Lieutenant Colonel William 
Hanna. Upon the reverse side are several inscriptions of the dates of his commission, 
promotions and muster into various ranks, as well as dates when the regiment was first 
mustered into the service, and was mustered out; also, the dates of the adoption and names 
of the several badges. 



ITS FORMATION AND HISTORY. 



tJhe fifteenth >^rmi/ (Borps ^Jjadge. 



(From the L«ibrary of Congress, Washington, D. C. ) 

General order No. lO, Headquarters Fifteenth Army Corps, February 14, 1865. 
"The following is announced as the badge of this corps: A minature cartridge box, 
black, set transversely on a field of cloth or metal. Above the cartridge box plate will 
be stamped or marked in a curve the motto: "Forty Rounds." 

An amusing incident is said to have suggested this badge. When the Eleventh and 
Twelfth Corps joined the army at Chattanooga, Tennessee, naturally a spirit of rivalry 
sprang up between the boys of the East and the West. The latter spoke of the new 
arriva.!s as the men with "paper collars, crescents and stars." Near the camp of the 



Eastern men was a division of the Fifteenth Corps, lately arrived from Memphis. One 
of its members, a ready-w^itted Irishman, seeing- a group of the Twelfth Corps, said 
"Are all of you fellers brigadier ginerals?" 

"No," was the answer. "Why do you ask?" "Shure, you all wear the star." 
Of course this raised a laugh and called out the answer that the star was the Twelfth 
Corps badge. Then the men wearing the star said "What is your corps?" Straighten- 
ing himself up with pride the Irishman replied, "I belong to the Fifteenth Corps." 

"Well, where is your badge?" 

"Badge is it?" Clapping his hand on his cartridge box, he said: "This is the 
adge of the Fifteenth Corps, Forty Rounds." 

General Logan, hearing of this, and appreciating the wit and significance of the 
Irishman, declared that this should be the badge of the Fifteenth Corps. 



J N ANNOUNCING the Badge, Gen. Log-an 3aid, in part: 

"If any corps in the Army has a right to take pride in its badge, surely that has 
which looks back through the long and glorious line of engagements and battles which 
includes Chickasaw Bluffs; Arkansas Post; Deer Creek; Black Bayou; Snyder's Bluff; 
Jackson; Vicksburg; Clinton; Branboro; Cherokee;* Tuscumbia;* Lookout Mountain; 
Missionary Ridge; Ringgold; Resaca;* Dallas; Big Shanty; Kenesaw Mountain; Nicka- 
jack Creek; Atlanta; Ezra Church; Jonesboro; Lovejoy's Station; Allatoona Pass;* Tay- 
lor's Ridge; Griggswoldville;* Fort McAllister; River's Bridge;* Congaree Creek;* Co- 
lumbia;* Lynch Creek;* Bentonville;* the corps which had its birth under Grant and 
Sherman in the darker days of our struggle; the corps which will keep on struggling 
until the death of the i-ebellion." 

♦Indicate engagements participted in by Fiftieth. 



^li:teent/i ^^nmi/ Qonps t^arlffe. 

,^tYO ORDER was ever issued concerning- a badge for the Sixteenth Army Corps. It 
was named the "A. J. Smith Cross," in honor of the first commander of the corps after 
it was decided to adopt a badge. Major General A. J. Smith was made commander 
February 18, 1855. This gives the date of its adoption. 

It having been determined to assume a badge for the Sixteenth Corps, several of the 
Corps officers made designs, whicli, by common consent, were put in a hat, and the one 
drawn out was accepted. The design, contrived by Brevet Brigadier General John Hough, 
Assistant Adjutant General of the Corps, was drawn out, approved by the Corps Com- 
mander, Major General A. J. Smith, then and there duly consecrated, adopted, baptized 
by the usual ceremonies practiced in the army on such occasions, and named the "A. J. 
Smith cross." The device is a circle with four minie balls, the points toward the center, 
cut out of it. The bare space represents the balls cut out, and the remainder forms a cross 
resembling the Maltese cross with the lines curved, suspended by a ring attached to the 
points of the two arms instead of the center of one arm, to distinguish it more clearly from 
the Maltese Cross, adopted by the Nineteenth Corps. 



tJhe (engagements of t/ie ^irfeentA ^^rmi/ Corps ns t/iven in 
Si^egimenfal Losses in the (Bivil fTaf. 

Are Hernando; Coldwater; Town Creek;* Siege of Vicksburg; Jackson; Colliervilie; 
Meridian; Snake Creek Gap;* Resaca;* Lay's Ferry;* Rome Cross Roads;* Dallas; 
Big Shanty; Kenesaw Mountain; Ruff Mills; Battle of Atlanta; Ezra Church; Jones- 
boro; Siege of Atlanta; Pleasant Hill; Bayou de Glaize;f Lake Chicot;f Tupelo;f 
Tallahatchie River;f Oxford, Brice Cross Roads; Nashville; Spanish Fort;f Fort 
Blakelyf. 

Not to be forgotten as having been participated in by the Fiftieth — is the cam- 
paign in Missouri and the expedition to Jimtown in 1861; Fort Henry; Fort Donelsou; 
Shiloh; Siege of Corinth; Boonville; Battle of Corinth; March to Lexington. Mounting of 
the regiment on mules and the scouting service in Tennessee; Calhoun. Beginning what is 
now the National Cemetery at Rome, Georgia; Siege of Savannah; Crossing Salkahatchie 
Swamp; the Grand Review at Washington and the prize drill at Louisville, Kentucky, 
July 3, 1865. *In(licaLeseng-ag'ement participated in bj' Fiftieth. tMaj. General A. J. Smith's a>mmand. 



y^ssociatlon tJjcivge. 

XIpON the completion of the Reg-imental History, an insig-nia was desired and 
designated by C. F. Hubert for the cover of the book. The emblems of the two Corps in 
which the regiment served so long, were selected, and to harmonize them into one, a 
golden cord, to represent the life or blood that was shed, indicating the close kinship, 
was used, as from the decimated ranks of the Second Division and others of the Sixteenth 
Corps was formed the Fourth Division of the Fifteenth Army Corps, the only Fourth 
Division regularly connected with its corps in point of actual command and service in 
the army in 1865 and the largest corps that marched with Sherman to the sea. These 
two emblems, united by a scroll, on which is the number of the regiment, form the design, 
which was at once adopted as the Association Badge. Its purpose was to identify the 
wearer as a member of the regiment. It should be remembered that the national colors, 
red, white and blue, were used to designate the division in each corps, First, Second 
and Third, and that in the Fifteenth Corps were four divisions, and to the fourth was 
assigned the yellow (orange). 



^T THE SEVENTEENTH REUNION, October 14th and 15th 1903, at the hall oj 
John Woods Post G. A. R. in Qiiincy, Illinois, this resohUion was adopted: 

^Jx-esoliition. 

Whereas, We are proud to remember Colonel Hanua as captain, major and 
colonel of our regiment from the day of mustering- in, September 12th, 1861, until the 
final discharge, July 13th, 186S, and as the president and moving spirit in our regi- 
mental organization from its first meeting up to the present time; therefore be it 

Resolved, That a committee of three, of which Comrade Sam Hewes be named as 
chairman, with authority to add the names of two other comrades as associates, is hereby 
appointed as a committtee to prepare, in behalf of the regiment, a formal expression of 
the esteem in which our Colonel and Commander is held by the members of this Associa- 
tion, and also to procure a suitable memento to be presented to him at our next meeting, 
to ever remind him of our perpetual regard and respect as Commander of the Fiftieth 
Illinois and president of our Association. (Signed) S. E. Hewes, 

O. H. Coulter, 
Reuben H. Gunn. 



Comrades O. H. Coulter, of Company I, ard C. F. Hubert, Adjutant, were added 
to this committee, as associates. (The committee not being ready to report at the 
reunion of 1904, it was given further time. 

\!^election.. 

^O BETTER CARRY OUT the expression of the Association, it was decided that the 
emblem should be a full sized badge of the Association, of pure 14 karat gold, with the 
colors of the several parts in enamel. The scroll bar, upon which is shown "Fiftieth 
Illinois Infantry" to be emerald green, a tribute to the medical staff of the regiment, 
and on the reverse side the date of its adoption, as well as the dates of the badges of the 
Corps in which we so long served. To be appended to the bottom of the badge a rank 
strap of lieutenant colonel of infantry, with date of commission engraved on reverse side, 
indicating the date from which the regiment began to be eminent; this with the badge 
to be suspended from a rank strap of colonel of infantry, with date of commission on 
reverse side. Tlie whole to be suspended from a rank strap of brigadier general, the 
star of which is represented by a diamond, and on the reverse side "Wiliam Hanna" and 



date of commission; thus making a badge commemorating the dates of important events in 
the history of the regiment and also the Association in which every mnmber is interested, 
and as being most suitable as a testimonial of esteem and a fit companion to our prize 
banner. 

It was also decided that to conserve the place in history, w^hich this organization 
has attained, "A No. 1.", the name of every one who contributes to this end should be 
preserved and accompany the emblem, showing how it was secured; also that the token 
be regarded as from the tnernbers of the entire regiment, that all shall have equal 
hotior in its preservation. Many friends, having desired to share with us the honor of 
preserving to future generations these important facts, it was decided to place the names 
of these honored friends in a separate list. 

After these details had been considered and agreed upon, our worthy chairman, 
S. E. Hewes, was called to a higher sphere. (Died March 9, 1905.) Comrade Lieutenant 
Joe Morgan, Company F, was appointed to fill his place on this committee, which there- 
after was composed of Joe Morgan, O. H. Coulter and C. F. Hubert. 



JOSEPH M. MORGAN. 

Kalioka, Missouri, 

Sixty-four years of ape 
Auf,aist ISth. 1905 , Born 
at Laundersburg-, Penn- 
sylvania, served with 
the Warsaw Greys under 
Col. David Moore at 
Uii- Battle of Athens, 
loua. Enlisted at War- 
saw, Illinois, private 
Company F; mustered in 
Scptemher 12th, 1861; 
l)ronioted serg^eant; Re- 
i-nlisted Jan. 1, 1864; mus- 
tered out July 13, 1865. 
Commanded a cunipany in Provisional Division 
under General Cox, at the Battle of Kinston 
N. C. 




OKKI. H. COlLTElt. 

Santa Anna. California. 

Fifty-eif^ht years of ape 
N o V e m b e r 13th, 1905: 
native of Pennsylvania; 
enlisted at Monmouth, 
Illinois, February 27th, 
1864, as private of Com- 
pany I; mustered (ut 
July 13th, 1865; Past 
Commander Department 
of Kansas; was member 
Kational Ex-Committee 

G. A.K.;vvas Chairman Reyinu-ntal Historical 

Co.nniittee. 




CHARLES F, HUBliUT, 

Fowler. Illinois. 




Aged ()2 years, 
Jan. 9th, 1905; 
born in Beverly, 
Mas sachusetts; 
enlisted at Quin- 
cv, Illinois, Sept. 
21, 1861, as pri- 
vate in Company 
D. Re- en listed 
Jan. 1st, 1864; 
promoted ser- 
g-eant major 
June 14th, 1865; 
A d jutant June 
26, 1865; muster- 
ed out July 13, 
1«(j5; a d j utant 
of Regimental 
Re-union Associ- 
ation; was mem- 
ber of History 
Committee; com- 
piler of Regimen- 
tal History. 



SAMUEL, E. HEWS. 




Age, 63 years; 
October 30, 1904. 
Born in Han- 
cock county. 111. 
near Nauvoo; 
enlisted fro m 
Favson, 111., at 
Chillicothe, Mo. 
as private in 
Company C, 
October 20, 
1861; promoted 
to Commissary 
Sergeant and 
t r a nsf erred to 
Co.K; mustered 
out Oct. 20,1864; 
was member of 
R eg i m en ta 1 
H is t ory Com- 
m i 1 1 e et d i ed 
March 9, 1905. 



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While our ranks are growing thinuer- 
Comrades falling one by one, 

Let us closer stand together 
'Till we see life's setting sun; 

Stand together, touching elbows 
As we stood in days of yore, 

When we braved the hail of battle — 
Heard the cannon's awful roar. 

Let us keep the fires fraternal, 
Burning brightly in each breast, 

'Till for us the taps are sounded 
And we take our final rest. 



Comrades, we have glorious mem'ries 

By no others understood, 
Mem'ries of a mighty struggle, 

A nation saved by loyal blood. 

Keep those memories ever sacred 
In the heart, as days go by. 

Let them be as rays of sunshine 
When the shadows heavy lie. 

When our last discharge is given, 
And our service here is o'er, 

May we be prepared for muster. 
Over on the golden shore. 
— T. D. McGiLLiccDDY, Capt. Co. K. 



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n^ NTRODUCTION PAGE-^^xa^ of "Mordecai F. Riley" should follow the name of 
James J. Earl. 

Biography of Joseph M. Morgan should read "promoted Sergeant and Lieutenant. " 

•Appendix. 

Brevet Brigadier General John Hough, who designed the badge of the Sixteenth 
Army Corps, died suddenly at the Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors Home, at Quincy, Illinois, 
September 8, 1891. His remains were taken to Peoria, lUtnois for burial. 

September 26th and 27th, 1905, were the forty-fiirst anniversaries of the last day's 
service in the Sixteenth Army Corps and the first day's service in the Fifteenth Army 
Corps, of the Fiftieth Regiment, Illinois Veteran Volunteer Infantry. 



Presentation, SeptemSer 26, 7905. 

^ AVING read the preceding pages the Adjutant said, "Now comrades, this is your 
Committee's Report, and I submit it to the Association with the emblem to dispose of." 

( "Give it to the Colonel! Give it to the Colonel!" came in concert from the Com- 
rades.) 

Presenting the badge to the Colonel, Adjutant Hubert said: 

"Colonel, in behalf of the comrades of the 'Blind Half Hundred,' those who have 
ever belonged to it, those who have passed away, those absent as well as those present, 
take this emblem as our testimonial of love and esteem." 

Golonel ^anna s cR-eplij. 

(BoMRADES, I wish I had words sufiBciently strong to express my appreciation of 
this token of esteem from comrades, who were my associates as officers and men, who 
have so loyally supported me and made pleasant many duties that otherwise would have 
been burdensome. 



"But, comrades, remember your loving: kindness will ever be cherished in grateful 
remembrance. I wish to return thanks for this beautiful badge, a token of remembrance 
from my comrades and friends, and while life shall last and memory remain, the recol- 
lections suggested by it will be jevvels indeed. 

"This beautiful badge will be a pleasure to me while I live. In the army we did 
I not give presents. Our work was hard, with few flowers, but the time has come when 
we can distribute the flowers and make glad the hearts of our Iriends. 

"Forty-one years ago the third day of last July, this regiment, officers and men, 
(just think of it!) presented me with a beautiful sword and belt, with gold sword knot, 
and a splendid gold trimmed cartridge box, which was the emblem of the Fifteenth Arm3i 
Corps, a corps whose history shows no defeat. Thus you see the comradeship that has 
existed between our officers and men for forty-one years; and this event, shows that this 
relationship has never been broken. I thank you." 



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DURING the Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Illi- 
nois, at Galesburg, Illinois, in May, 190G, the Colonel, having- apparently recovered from 
a serious illness in March, said to me, "Charlie, I want to talk over a little matter that I 
have been considering for some time — the final vv'ind-up. 

"The honors I have received I have g-otten from the boys. They have made me 
what I am, and will expect to lay me away. I have thought about it and considered it 
carefully, and want you to take charge of my funeral. Do not mention it to anyone until 
the time comes. 

"The boys — I want them to have a prominent part, also the Masons. I would like 
to have for pall bearers, G- M. Finlay, Chauncey H. Castle, William Somerville, Michael 
Piggott, A. S. McDowell and Seneca Selby. And you can have Lieutenant 'And- 
erson, of Company B., to assist you. For honorary pall bearers,- Isaac J. Ogle, Co. D; 
John Feehan and Benjamin Acklam, Co. E., and you can fill out the rest." 

July 6, 1907, he called me to his home and said; "the time is here, make your ar- 



rang-ements, Add to the list of pall bearers, Joe Morgan, Co. F; Perry Logsdon, Co. H, 
and C. S. Anderson Co. B. The boys took me away, I want them to carry me back. The 
Masons will have charg-e of the burial service and you should arrang-e thing's accordingly." 

Svinday, August 4th, at 7:0,5 p. m., as if in accord with remarks on receiving the 
badge, "and while life shall last, and memory remain, the recollections suggested by it 
(the memorial badge) will be jewels indeed." He said, "the boys are calling: the boys 
are calling me; I am going to the boys," and passed away. 

The funeral August 7th, at the M. E, church, in Golden, was attended by the 
Masons, Knights Templar, Odd Fellows, G. A. R, Veterans and citizens. 

After lying in state from 9 until 13 o'clock, the remains were conveyed by train to 
Camp Point, accompanied by a large cortege of fraternal ordei-s and friends. Here Adju- 
tant C. F. Hubert assisted by Lieutenant J. W. Anderson formed the marching columns 
as follows. Drum corps and firing detail fi'om the soldiers home; Masons, Knights Tem- 

pler. Odd Fellows, Grand Army of the Republic and Veterans, preceeding- as escort, the 
hearse, pall bearers citizens and friends on foot and in carriages, marched to Evergreen 
cemetery south of town. 



It was found necessary to substitute some pall bearers, and in place of Chauncey 
H. Castle and Michael Pig'g'ott, absent, Jacob Hazlett of Clayton, Charles Marsh of Bowen, 
and Jonas Mever of Quincy wee substituted, and all members of the 50th regiment were 
added to the list of honorary pall bearers. 

The Masonic service, conducted by Dr. Joseph Bobbins, was impressive. At its close 
the military salute was fired, taps blown, and Colonel Hanna had been promoted. 



Svergreen Cemetery, the SPlace of S^urial, Ss Sightly 

IN 1908 16 13- pound mountain howitzer shells were obtained from the Rock Island 
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This closes the list of those who have contributed to the purpose of preserving 
a brief record of the original of the Badges adopted by the 50th Regiment, Illinois 
Volunteer Infantry, Reunion Association, the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Army Corps 
of the Union Army, with the list of engagements in which they participated. 

The names of all friends contributing are recorded in this work, with the inten- 
tion of placing a copy, with the letters referring to it, with the Historical Society, 
of Quincy, Illinois, for preservation. 

No more names can be recorded. The edition is limited, and numbered up to 
300, in order to make it valuable. We hope it will prove worthy of preserving. 
(Signed) THE COMMITTEE, 

By C. F. Hubert, Adjutant. 

I am sending to each contributor some additional leaves, to be attached to 
the Historical Memorial of the 50th Illinois Infantry previously sent to you. 

Take off the cover, insert the leaves, replace the cover and you have a valuable 
souvenir. Please acknowledge receipt. 

A few copies of the Memorial left at $1.00 each. 



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